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Warren Gaebel
Lv 4
Warren Gaebel asked in Computers & InternetProgramming & Design · 6 years ago

PHP's json_decode Returns Null?

Update:

PHP CODE:

$a = array ('x'=>'xex');

var_dump($a); //output: array(1) { ["x"]=> string(3) "xex" }

echo (json_encode($a)); //output: {"x":"xex"}

$a = array ('x'=>'xéx');

var_dump($a); //output: array(1) { ["x"]=> string(3) "xéx" }

echo (json_encode($a));

The last line of code produces no output, not even "null". Can you help me understand this behaviour?

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Php Json_encode Null

    Source(s): https://shrinkurl.im/a0v9B
  • Chris
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Here's what I get: {"x":"x\u00e9x"}

    http://ideone.com/SfexHb

    The data must be in utf-8 format, which means you have to save the PHP file as Unicode, not ANSI.

    If your editor doesn't support choosing the encoding, switch to one that does, like Notepad++.

  • Warren Gaebel
    Lv 4
    6 years ago

    Thanks, too, to json_last_error() for helping me figure it all out.

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